Trick or treat : a history of Halloween
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- Publication date
- 2012
- Topics
- Halloween -- History, Halloween -- Customs and practices, Holidays, Autumn festivals, Halloween -- Histoire, Halloween -- Coutumes et pratiques, Fêtes d'automne, Halloween, Halloween -- Moeurs et coutumes
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- London : Reaktion Books
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- Language
- English
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229 pages : 23 cm
"Halloween has spread around the world, yet its associations with death and the supernatural as well as its inevitable commercialization has made it one of our most puzzling holidays. How did it become what it is today? This book examines the origins and history of Halloween and explores in depth its current global popularity. The author reveals how holidays like the Celtic Samhain and Catholic All Souls' Day have blended to produce the modern Halloween, and she shows how the holiday has been reborn in America, where costumes and trick-or-treat rituals are new customs. She takes into account the influence of related but independent holidays, especially Mexico's Day of the Dead, as well as the explosion in popularity of haunted attractions and the impact of events such as 9/11 and the global economic recession. It also examines the effect Halloween has had on popular culture through literary works by Washington Irving and Ray Bradbury, films such as John Carpenter's Halloween and Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and television series, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Simpsons. This book takes us on a journey from the spectacular to the macabre, allowing us to peep behind the mask to see the real past and present of this ever more popular holiday."--Publisher's description
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index
Halloween: the misunderstood festival -- Snap-apple Night and November Eve: Halloween in the British Isles -- Trick or treat in the New World -- La Toussaint, Allerheiligen and Tutti i Santi: the global celebration -- Dias de los Muertos -- From Burns to Burton: Halloween and popular culture
"Halloween has spread around the world, yet its associations with death and the supernatural as well as its inevitable commercialization has made it one of our most puzzling holidays. How did it become what it is today? This book examines the origins and history of Halloween and explores in depth its current global popularity. The author reveals how holidays like the Celtic Samhain and Catholic All Souls' Day have blended to produce the modern Halloween, and she shows how the holiday has been reborn in America, where costumes and trick-or-treat rituals are new customs. She takes into account the influence of related but independent holidays, especially Mexico's Day of the Dead, as well as the explosion in popularity of haunted attractions and the impact of events such as 9/11 and the global economic recession. It also examines the effect Halloween has had on popular culture through literary works by Washington Irving and Ray Bradbury, films such as John Carpenter's Halloween and Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and television series, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Simpsons. This book takes us on a journey from the spectacular to the macabre, allowing us to peep behind the mask to see the real past and present of this ever more popular holiday."--Publisher's description
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index
Halloween: the misunderstood festival -- Snap-apple Night and November Eve: Halloween in the British Isles -- Trick or treat in the New World -- La Toussaint, Allerheiligen and Tutti i Santi: the global celebration -- Dias de los Muertos -- From Burns to Burton: Halloween and popular culture
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